p2p.basic
Interface GUID

public interface GUID

Global Unique Identifier is used to distinguish objects in a distributed environment. Implementations must define the hashCode and equals methods to that effect.

Method Summary

byte[]	getBytes() Returns the value of the unique ID.
String	toString() Returns the string representation of the unique ID.

Method Detail

getBytes

byte[] getBytes()

Returns the value of the unique ID.

Returns:

returns a byte array the represents the unique ID.

toString

String toString()

Returns the string representation of the unique ID.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

returns a string that represents the unique ID.